New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-27
ROBERT LEE AND STONEWALL JACKSON

WHAT LORD wOLsELEY THOUGHT ABOUT THEM.
The announcement of an article on General
Lee by Lord Wolseloy in the March number
Of "Macmillan's Magazine" gives timely in
t-re-t 10 anonymous account OF VISIT 10 Lers
Headquarters in October, lso2, which LnglanIs
wrote Tor &" Blackwood's Magazine" Ia January,
1868. The Biackwood' Article Is called
Ten IN that supefcilious and bitterly partisan tone
which " Blackwood" did much to encourage in
England during the Civil War against the North.
Woscley was struggled across the Potomac IN a fish
IN boat i'm September ls62 aud made his way thence
10 frederick burg and Richmond. lie ia iu OF praises
of Richmond and the Shenandoah valley and takes
every chance TO contrast the split aud tire OF the
south with the cowardIce and ineilc.ency OF the
North. Here is his impres.ion OF Lee Twenty-Five
" In manner though sufficiently ccnversble, he is
,lirbtly reserved but he Is person that, wherever
seen whether In castle or howell, alone or III
crowd at attract attention NJ being spieh-
did specmcn OF English gentleman, with one OF the
most rarely handsome faces ever saw Every one
who approaches him does 40 with marked respect
although there is OF that bowling and Tourist
OF forage caps which occurs IN tho presence "i
European Generals; and whilst oil honor him ana
Mace implicit faith in his "Ourage ana ability, those
r,tb HON he intimate feel Tor him the hncc-
ton OF sons TO Il father Old General Scott was cor
rect In saying that when Ice % ned the ooutha r
cause II was worth much IA the accession oil Zoooo
reDels l..
e;o, tho Nortbcrners have heaped on hun His house
an Tho pamuuly River ~ AS burnt to the ground and
the slaves carried away many OF them by force
whiltt bis rtsdonce on Arlington Heights was NOT
only gutted it, furniture but even the very ror o
C,9rgc Washington were stolen IT and parnded IN
the saloons of New-Yo,k aud Boston Not"itbstSnd-
ing all these personal losses, when speaking Oh 'ne
Yankee. he neither evnced Any bitterness oil ieeihg
nor gave utterance "a single violent expresson pu'
alluded 10 many OF his former friends ana companions
among them in thu kindest terms. He spoke Us man
rnnf al The Victories won by his country. and oouf
aent of ultimate success under the blessing oil the
Almighty whom he glorified for past successes ana
whose aid he invoked Tor all iuture operations. lie
regretted that his limited supply oil tents and available
accommodation would prevent him from putting us up
but he kindly placed at our Disposal horses, or Two
horsed wagon II We preferred II, to drive about IN
Upon leaving HIM we drove TO Bunkers Ill ], SIX
miles nearer Marinsburg. at which place Stohe"a,i
jackson, now worldwide celebrity, had MS neau-
| ,uar,ers With him spent most pleasant hour'
and were agrceaby surprised to find him very alaoe
having been led to expect that he was silent ana NJ
most morse. Dressed ia his gray UNIFORM he Ioohcu
the hero he is aud his thin compressed ups anu
hrm glance which meets yours uninehngy' gave c' !.
dence OF that trnness aud decision oil chhrhc'oi 'J
which he Is famous. lie has "a broa1 open ioI
from which the HAIR is well brushed back shapoiy
nose straight and rather long thin. cocrcsS oheoh
| with only small allowance oil WHISPER; Dreamy
shnyen upper h and chin and par oil me, gray lsh,
blue eyes, rather sunken, with over g oio%
which intensity the keennoss OF his gaze out "nou'
adding any erceness to It, Such are the tehoI tn
acteriscs of the face, and have only to ADD tha
smile sue IN, always lurking about his mouth when nc
spoakr and that though his voice paiake' slightly OF
that harshness rhlch Europeans unJustly attrpuq ~
| ali Americans there IL much unmisiakdbo c0rdihhy
in his manner and 10 us ho TALKED most aheGt'ohny
OF England and OF his briei but enJoye bic s'loui
there The relip ous element seems strongly deVeloPo
In him and though hs conversation ~ pericoty iroe
from all Puritanca cant, it Ia evident tht nc n 70
person who never loses sight OF the fact that there
an omnpresent Deity presiding over the minute
occurrences OF lite as well as The most p'nIsIno
Altogether IA one o his soldiers said to mo IN tanis
OF hIn IIo is glorious fellow and alter lei' mn
! felt that had solved the mystery oil Ston' ae',
Bridge and discovered Wig 1t was that no accom-
| plished such almost miraculous ieats. $500,
| with such leader would 60 any wheio a"I
face any amount Of difficulties; aud tor myneii, =,
should 10 perfectly insensibe to fatigue ID reckon
success IA a moral certainty Whilst General Leo -
regarded in the light iniallable Joye, mar 10 y,
reVerenced jackson IL loved and adored with AZ 'a.
childlike and trustu affection which the ancents "a
SAID to layished upon the particular deity
ing their affairs. The feeling OF the soioi ~
General Lee resembles that which Wellingtons uoVP
entertained Tor him-namely, fixed and upshahau'v
faith In oil he did, and calm confidence OF vigo'
when serving under him. But jackson, like Napocon,
Is idolLed with that intense fervor which, conssps
OF mingled personal attachment and devoted oynty,
causes them TO meet death Tor his sake and oiess n
| when dying"